Share points set to automount are made available to bound clients at startup and automatically mount when accessed. The item can be accessed by navigating to it in the Finder or by opening an application that looks in this specific location.

Refer to page 225 of the Server Admin Guide v10.2.3 for steps for setting up automounts in Mac OS X Server. You may download the guide from document 120174.

Optionally, you may also add the share point to the user's dock for easy access. It's recommended to configure this from an administrator's client computer, rather than at the server itself. To do that, follow these steps:

1. Log in on a client or admin computer that has this share point automounted.
2. Open Workgroup Manager, and connect to the server.
3. Select the user, group, or computer list for which you would like to manage this setting.
4. Select Preferences.
5. Select Dock.
6. Under the Dock Items tab, drag the volume (from a local Finder window) into the Documents and Folders list.

Note: The location of the volume in the local file system must match the location of the volume on the client systems. This is why it's not recommended to perform these steps from the server itself.

7. Save the changes by clicking Apply Now.

Login Items

You can use these steps to mount an additional volume without automount.

1. Connect to the server volume(s) you would like to automatically mount at login. It's recommended to do this from an administrator's client computer, rather than at the server itself.
2. Open Workgroup Manager, and connect to the server.
3. Select the user, group, or computer list you would like to manage this setting for.
4. Select Preferences.
5. Select Login.
6. Under the Login Items tab, drag the volume (from the Finder) into the Login Items list. The kind will appear as "Unknown," which is expected behavior.
7. Save the changes by clicking Apply Now.

Optionally, you may add the share point to the user's dock for easy access.